diff --git a/dev-cpp/string-theory/string-theory-3.5.ebuild b/dev-cpp/string-theory/string-theory-3.5.ebuild
index 0e9b684ef7c70..0ad4291f94889 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/string-theory/string-theory-3.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/string-theory/string-theory-3.5.ebuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 inherit cmake